Tire-protector.



E. GOLDMAN. TIRE PROTEGTOB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 1908.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910 ALLIE ELIAS GOLDMAN, OF GALENA, KANSAS.

TIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. I P t nted Apr. 12, 1910.

Application fi1ed August 4, 1908. serial No. 446,927. 7

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ALLIE E. GOLDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galena, in the county of Cherokee and State of Kansas, have invented' a new anduseful Tire-Protector, of which the followingds a specification.

The present invention relates to means for protecting pneumatic or other tires from puncture and wear.

The object is to provide a very simple shoe that can be easily applied to any well known form of tire, and has means for fastening the same to the wheel, said means permitting the resilient action of the tire.

In the, accompanying drawings :Figure l isa side elevation of a wheel equipped. with the novel protector. Fig. 2 is a sectional'perspective view of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail perspectiveview of one of the fastening devices. Figs. 4 and 5 are cross sectional vlews of slightly modified forms of construction;

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in. all the figures ofthe drawings. 4'

In the; embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the wheel, which is designated 6, is provided with the usual rim or felly 7 on which is placed a tire 8 that may be of any suitable construction. Arranged over the tire 8 is a protector shoe 9, which in the embodiment disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2, is formed of a single piece of metal having, inwardly extending flanges 10 forming a seat for the outer-portion of the tire and upwardly, extending flanges 11 forming a seat for a tread 12 of solid rubber or other suitable material. The-particular construction of the shoe may, however, be modified. Thus in Fig. 4:, said shoe consists of sections 13 having inwardly extending flanges 14, the outer portion, however, belngof metal. The sections are fastened together at suitable intervals by bolts 15. In this form of construction, it will be noted that the yielding tread eliminated. T 1

In Fig. 5, the shoe, which is designated by the reference numeral 16, is a single piece of metal having'its outer face roughened, as shown at 17, the inner portionhaving inwardly extending flanges .18 forming a seat for the tire. The rubber or yielding tread 12 is, however, ordinarily preferred, as it avoids slipping andis practically noiseless 1n operation.

For the purpose of'securingtheshoe in place, ears 19 are secured to opposite sides of said shoe and extend inwardly alongside.

the-exposed portion of the tire. These ears areprovided with elongated slots 20. Other V sets of ears 21 are carried by the felly, the ears of ea chgset having their inner terminals overlapped, as 'shown at 22 and fastened in place by a screw 23 or other suitable device. The outer portions of the'ears 21 extend beyond the ends of the ears 19 and have elonated necks 24 that pass through the slots 5? Said necks24 carry at their ends heads 2 arranged transversely of and considerably wider than the slots.- Thus itwill be evident that said ears connect. the felly and protector, and at the same time, permit the shoe and tire to have the necessary resili ent action, without danger of separating the cars from each other. The arts can be readily assembled by turning t e ears 21 so that the heads 25 can be passed through the slots 20 when said ears 21 are unfastened. It will, be evident 'thataprotector of the type described can be readily applied to an well known type of wheel and'remove therefrom. It is particularly advanta eous for automobiles and other heavy se f-propelled vehicles, but it is not necessarily limited to this use. V

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation-and many advan tages of the herein described invention will be a parent to those skilled in the art without filrther description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. For instance, the ears may be reversed, as shown in' Fig. 5,

in which case, the ears 19 are secured to the tion, what I claim as new, and deslre to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wheel felly, a tire thereon, and a pro tector shoe extending around the tire, in combination with a device for fastening the shoe in place, said device consisting of a pair of metal members extending transversely to the felly With apertured overlapping inner ends, a fastening passing through the apertures and entering the felly for securing the members in place, the outer ends of the members projecting from op osite sides of the felly, and a second pair of members fastened to the shoe at opposite sides thereof, one pair of members having slots at their outer ends, and the other pair of members having longitudinally-extending necks arranged to loosely engage in the said slots and transversely extending heads on the outer extremities of the necks for retaining the latter in the said s ots.

' 2. A. Wheel felly, a tire thereon, aprotector shoe consisting of an annular semitubular structure composedbf two parts, and fastenings extending through the said parts for detachably connecting the same, in combination with a device for fastening the shoe in place, said device consisting of a pair of metal oppositely disposed members of approximately L-shaped form having portions extending transversely to the felly with apertured overlapping inner ends, a fastening passin through the apertures and entering the fe ly for securing the members in place, the outer ends of the members projecting from opposite sides of the felly, and a second pair of members fastened to the shoe at opposite sides thereof, one pair of members having slots at their outer ends and elongated longitudinally of the members, and

the other pair of members having longitudithe slots for retaining the heads in the said slots. I a v 3. A Wheel felly, a tire thereon, a pr0- tector shoe consisting of an annular semitubular structure composed of two symmetrical parts surrounding the tire and spaced from the telly, and fastenings extending through the said parts of the shoe for securing them together, in combination with a plurality of fastening devices each composed of members fastened to the felly and extending radially across the side faces thereof and terminating in outwardly-bent longitudinally-extending necks formed with transverse elongated heads projecting from both sides of the neck, and inflexible members fastened to the vparts of the shoe and having longitudinally-extending' slots of greater length and less Width than the length of the heads to connect'the felly and shoe members by inserting the heads through the slots When disposed longitudinally of the latter and to be locked by turning the heads transverse to the slots, said necks being movable back and forth in the slots as the tire is compressed and expanded.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my, signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALLIE ELIAS GOLDMAN.

lVitnesses:

H. E. PETTIGREW, M. A. Romsrnnr. 

